עָתַקʻâthaq
move, proceed, advance
Pronunciation: aw-thak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6275
Meanings
Qal
2. advance (Job 21:7; Psalms 6:8)
Hiph`il
1. move forward, (that is, tent) = proceed (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 26:22; Job 32:16)
2. removeth (Job 9:5)
3. transcribe, remove from one book or roll to another (Proverbs 25:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 12:8 After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.
- Genesis 26:22 Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means “open space”), for he said, “At last the Lord has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”
- Job 9:5 “Without warning, he moves the mountains, overturning them in his anger.
- Job 14:18 “But instead, as mountains fall and crumble and as rocks fall from a cliff,
- Job 18:4 You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?
- Job 21:7 “Why do the wicked prosper, growing old and powerful?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).